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PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



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Detailed Statement of Third Experiment — Continued. 

 Berkshire, No. 2 (Experiment III.). 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from May 26 to Sept. 30, 1891. 



Pounds. 



22.75 



192.00 

 169.25 

 160.00 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, 



Live weight at time of killing, 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 



Dressed weight at time of killing, ..... 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . . 32 pounds, or 16.67 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, .... 141.04 



2.68 pounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 pound of live weight, and 

 3.22 pounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 5.93 cents. 



Net cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed pork, allowing 

 a loss of 30 per cent, of the manurial value of the feed, 4.49 cents. 



